The official website of the Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) television anime unveiled two additional cast, theme songs, and a promotional video for its second cour on Monday. The anime premiered with the first three episodes on October 22 at 1:05 a.m. on Nippon TV. The second cours is set to premiere on January 7 at 12:55 a.m. on Nippon TV and other affiliated channels.

Takuya Kirimoto (Kumo desu ga, Nani ka?) and Kaori Nazuka (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!) are joining the cast as Lakan and Suirei, respectively.

Singer-songwriter Uru (Jigokuraku) is performing the opening theme song "Ambivalent," and pop rock band wacci (Bakuten!!) is performing the ending theme song "Ai wa Kusuri." Both theme songs are previewed in the promotional video below.

Norihiro Naganuma (Mahoutsukai no Yome) is directing the anime and handling the series composition at TOHO animation STUDIO, OLM. Yukiko Nakatani (Go! Princess Precure) is designing the characters. Satoru Kousaki (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song), Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss), and Alisa Okehazama (Jujutsu Kaisen) are composing the music.

The anime adapts Hyuuga's medical mystery novel which was originally posted on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in October 2011. Shufunotomo published it under its RayBooks imprint in a single novel volume in September 2012, featuring the cover illustration by Megumi Matsuda. The publisher began reprinting the series as a light novel through its Hero Bunko label with illustrations by Touko Shino in August 2014. The 14th volume was released on September 29.

Itsuki Nanao began writing a manga adaptation in Monthly Big Gangan in May 2017, featuring illustrations by Nekokurage. Square Enix published the 12th volume on September 29.

Sunday Gene-X began serializing a second manga adaptation by Minoji Kurata in August 2017. The 17th volume shipped on September 29.

J-Novel Club licensed the light novel in English in November 2020 for digital release and published the ninth volume on October 9.

Square Enix Manga & Books licensed Nanao and Nekokurage's manga adaptation in English in November 2019 and shipped the tenth volume on November 28. The 11th volume is planned to be released on March 5.

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Source: Comic Natalie